Sawing machine



Oct. 21, 1930. A. E.YDE KONING SAWING MACHINE Filed June 20. 1929 47 ber, the saw arbor 7. below Patented Oct. 21, 1930 ARTHUR E. nuikourus, or PonrLAuD,

snwrus MACHINE I :App1ication iiled' June 20,

My invention relates to self contained I sawing machines inwhich a swinging-saw carriage is mounted upon a horizontal shaft situated below the saw :arbor and in which themovement of the sawand carriage is limited by. a pairof oppositely disposed reflecting springs. Y The principal object of my invention is to *eflect an economy of manufacture and transportation by the conservation of materials and-consequent reduction of weight. g Other objects and'advantages of my inven-' tion are apparentxin the following discourse wherein the significance of the reference nur merals in the accompanying drawings, -de-,

tails of construction and operation, particular utility are explained.

I -Figure 31- represents a front view complete machine in elevation. r Figure 2 represents a side view of the complete machine in elevation. Figures 3, 4, :and 5, are diagrams illustrative of certain properties and characteristics of the machine described invdetail in-the .discourse.

and its of the Upon the base 1 two standards and .3 are .formed'to provide for the pivotal mounting of the saw carriage 4 upon two pintlesasb secured in the saidst-andards 2 and 3. A mov tor 6 is mounted upon the basel so that. the shaft thereof will be in approximate alignthe axisofoscillation 0f the car-- 1 v .ment with riage maintained by thesaid pintles. I

" A saw arbor 7 carrying the saw 8. is journaledr'in the upper end "of the said carriage):

in the usual manner. .A belt E9'serves to transmit power from the motor tothe. arbor-.1

A saw guard composed of the two pieces 10 and 11 is rigidly secured to the saw carriage 4 by a U shaped piece 12, and a-handle13 is attached to the guard assembly for manual 1 oscillation of the said carriage. .Thus,'when "the lumber is cut, the hand of the operator grasping the handle l passes above the'lumthe piece 12 encompasses it. I a V Tolimit the motion-of the saw carriage an assembly comprising mounted upon the lease" 1, there is pro'videda swivel stop 15 pivoted in the-bracket 14, a

and a pair of reflecting s reflect the momentum o swings loack' The piece 11 the saw guard -thereo;t -10 so former "maywslide upon theiumber being cut movement of the saw carriage accruing out of its pivotaiimounting.

' by force tions of the masses of -:motor, and base I the amplitude of "movement the lumber, v

a bracket 14' rigidly 1929. Seria'1Nm-372A48.

rod 16 pivotally attached to carriage-st at 17 passing through the swivel stop 15, rings 18 and i19'jsto the saw carriage mounted upon opposite ends Of illBIOd 1-6 to engage the stop 15 alternately as the ilcarriage :Eorth causing the rod to slide through the swivel'stop. 15'. I

forming the. foremost part of 's hinged tothe other part the upper surface of LUpon the return :5 that theztorward lip 20. ofitll despite the arcuate stroke 'of'the, carriage, the pieceeilfdescends v of gravity to a positionwhere its motion isliinited by engagement of itsjnner cylindrical surface withthe'cutercylindrical surface "of thewpiece 10 to which it is hinged. The saw is thus guarded? atall positions of the carriage.

Though the peculiar arrangement. and atoms otthepiece *lQaIidthe saw guardaiand are details not my .inventionof great practical value, the essence :of my invention lies in the special and idispost.

with particular referenceto ofthe' saw carriage,

The elements of my ure 8, to be apposed with the lateral: aspect of the machinenormal-to the axis of oscillae g V tionioi its saw vcarriage as in Figure Thus,

.a weight C igure 3) correspondingto the v mass of the saw carriage; is considered to be oscillatory through'the arc-A about a pivot P and betw'een twolel-asticbuiiers lj and'H; respectively, corresponding to the reflecting springs 18 and 1910f the 11t1; t :hine.' Thesetwo Qb'ufiers .E and H are in turn, mounted upon lateral extensions L and N of themass of the ex- 1 f trem1t1es of the base ofthemachine'li' and N respectively I! l i The entire mass is considered to "be sup-i ported upon two fulcra .b ase B, corresponding to thetwo lateral F andG. Superim po sed upon the ma'ss ot the base B ds-the the carriage assembly,

invention are repre- I 1 v seated hyithe plane figureillustrated in Fig, i

' prevail upon mass of the motor Ma The masses of the motor M and the base B and the pivotal point P and lateral extensions L and N are rigidly related.

Now in this configuration ofjnasses and supporting members certain relationships which my invention is-founded as followskl it I The mass of the saw carriage deemed to be situated at G acts through a lever of the magnitude Z to overturnthe'machine upon the fulcrum F, whilst the combined ,masses of the base and motor deemed to be situated at B and'Mact to resist thi-sforce through a lever of the magnitude X. It will beapparent,

therefore, that if the product of thecombined massesof the'base and-motor timesthe length of the a lever -X is greater: thaneth'e product of the mass of the saw" carriage timesthe length olffthe lever Z, the machine at rest will bestablefl 7 g However, since the saw carriage oscillates between two reflecting springs, forces result from thelreversall of the movement of the carriage tending to overturn ithe'machine much greater'than prevail when the machine is at rest; But since values of these forces ployed without danger of overturning the machinemay be likewise -varied.5:..All of which is :in'contradistinction to machines having the elements represented by the Elgiures land5; v a. wFigure 4 represents .-anarrangement of masses ofian oscillatory carriage J', and base 7. K in which the motion of the carriage J is limited by inflexible meansengagin'g as represented at Qin Figure 5. From the latter figure it will be evident that the energy of the moving sawcarriage J possible of reflection by the resistance of the base K isdeterminate and ofavalue equal to the mass ofthe base K times the distance throughwhich it is elevated,-and a'lsothat this-resistance to overturning varies as the cosine of the angle R and that the upsetting "force accruing out of the "arrest of the motion 'of the carriage J is en- "hanced bythe' actionof gravity in'like meas- In comparison 'to this, the machineof my 1 invention "providesfor twodistinct factors of resistance to overturning of the machine fivhen the "saw carriage isreversed at the end bf the stroke} capable of; {reflecting a greater rnome'ntum of thecarriage, namely, "that afi forded bythe compression of the reflecting springs, an'd;that afforded by the elevation of the mass "of the baseto that position 7 it vvwould attain When the machine is in equiupon the base allows of decrea either extremity of its flswi of rest,;and: a pair of :refle'cting springs 1 engagi ng the'said saw-carriage atfopposite ends pression. of. one oflthe q in-engagement into a 'relativelyi small force poise upon the lateral edge of the base as L in Figure 2.

Besides these advantages provided for by the special arrangement of the various H1811]? bers described, the placement of the motor 6 sing the weight of the base rcasting otherwise necessary to afford stability of theimachinesqto. that of a casting of such dimensions as will provide satisfactorily against; the stresses imposed up'on itb-Thus, themassof'the motor 6 a property ordinarily without a function in machines of this type is substituted for that ex a W ie Having described; my iinventiom'i what I cla m is; V L- x in self contained or sawlng machines, :a

tofthe. base casting in excess of .that required for "strength.

relatively'light base castingan'ddriving mo tor' mou'nted thereupon, the combined masses of which oppose-the'upsetting. moment j'ofa swinging saw-carriage pivotally inounted upon said-ba'se when said saw-carriage is at either extremity of its swing andin a state, of rest, and a palr of reflect1ngjspr1ngs;en-

gaging the said saw-carriage atjopposite ends of the stroke: thereof to resistj and retard the"motion of' the said saw-carriage through an appreciable angularmovementthereof so that the kinetic energy of the, swinging carriage thus retarded isreso'lved by: the compression of one ofthe said pairfofsspringsin engagement into a relatively small 'force'fact- 7 ing through an appreciable dist-ance'disposed within the extreme'limits of motion ofsaidcarriage and whereat the machine is in stable equilibrium only when said Lcarriage iis at resta u a H a 2; In self contained. sawing tmachines'; :a relatively light base casting and drivingizmoswinging saw carriage pivota-lly' mounted upon said-base when said sawrr-carriage' s at n'g; andxinia state of the stroke thereof to resist and retard the motion of the said. saw-carriage through an appreciable angular rmovement ithereof' sogthat the kinetic energy-ofthe swinging q carriage thus retarded is-resolved bythe comacting through an appreciable distance 'disposed within thev extremev limits 1 ofimotion of said carriage whereat the machineiisin stable equilibrium onlylwhen said .carriageis at rest and wherein the axis of oscillation ;of ,said saw-carriage "is-'- aligned with the". shaft of said motor.

3;:Inv-sel'f contained-sawing machines, a

relatively light base casting and drivingmo- -tor fmounted thereupon .the'combined masses qOfpWhlChJOPPOSQ the; upsetting moment of a said pair ,of springs tor mountedithereuponthe combined masses of which oppose the upsetting moment ;ofl a swinging saw-carriage pivotally mounted upon said base when said saw carriage 1s at either extremity of of rest, a saw guard and handle rigidly attached to saidsaw-carriage by-means of a U shaped piece adapted to encompassthe work table with which the machine is used, and a pair of reflecting springs engaging thesaid saw carriage at opposite endsof the stroke 7 said saw-carriage through an appreciable an- 1 a thereof to resist and retard the motionof the gular movement thereof so that the kinetic energy of the swinging carriage thus r etard ed is resolved by the compression of one of the said pair of springs in engagementginto v a relatively small force acting through an appreciable' distance disposed Within the extreme limits of motionof said carriagewherefat the machine is in stable equilibrium only when said carriage 1s at rest and wherein the mm of oscillatlon of saldbsaw-carrlage 1s aligned With the shaft of'said motor. 7

ARTHUR n- E KONING.

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